Millions living along the northern Mississippi River as well as other nearby rivers face high or above average chances of flooding this spring as a thick snowpack starts to melt, the National Weather Service is warning.

no need to prepare one bit. like i said i dont live in a flood plain. im on high ground and the water didnt get within 10 miles of me. 75% of the county next to mine was underwater for over 3 months.
the realestate agent kept trying to show us property over there because it was cheaper and we could get significantly more land for the money. all of it was right smack in the middle of the flood plain. the only high ground ended up becoming an island only accesable by boat during the flood.